Personal documentation belonging to Brandina Polak, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1923

Personal documentation belonging to Brandina Polak, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1923 Brandina Polak was an inmate in Westerbork, 1942-1943; she made aliya to Eretz Israel, 10 July 1944. The documentation includes: - Inmate's card from Westerbork; - Identity card issued to Brandina Polak by the Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) of Amsterdam; - Notices regarding the awarding of certificates (for legal aliya to Eretz Israel) sent by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel through the Red Cross and the Eretz Israel office in Switzerland; - Permits issued by the Joodse Raad of Amsterdam; - Postcard written by Brandina Polak; - Article from a Dutch newspaper regarding the agreement to exchange Dutch Jews in Bergen-Belsen for German Templers in Eretz Israel [part of the Palestina-Austausch]; - Certificate issued by the Organization of Former Prisoners of the Nazis, 1954.